THE BLACK PEAR TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-09 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+130.7% vs 2024
Employees
309
+67.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,513 | £28,882 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,763,343 | £12,853,299 | |
| Cash | £942,971 | £1,108,335 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,172,876 | £22,970,776 | |
| Net assets | £9,879,174 | £22,795,473 | |
| Equity | £9,879,174 | £22,795,473 | |
| Average employees | 184 | 309 | |
| Wages | £5,474,354 | £11,847,487 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 11752.4% | 44502.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.2% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.27x | 2.27x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Trustees has a reasonable expectation that the Academy Trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “This year, we were delighted to welcome Brockhampton Primary School and Woodrush High School into our family of schools, further strengthening our Trust's commitment to inclusive, high-quality education across all phases.”
- “Honeybourne Primary School had a very successful Ofsted inspection, achieving a rating of Good in all areas, reflecting the school's commitment to high standards and inclusive education.”
- “Following the year end, £286,678 of grant funding and a loan of £246,727 was approved by the DfE in relation to Urgent Capital Support for a new classroom at Brockhampton Primary School. In addition, Herefordshire County Council has committed £313,709 to fund a Hygiene Block at Brockhampton Primary School.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASHMORE, Yvonne | Director | 2024-07-17 | Jan 1976 | British |
| COOK, Julia | Director | 2014-03-05 | Sep 1949 | British |
| EDWARDS, Paul Victor Frank | Director | 2017-03-14 | Apr 1962 | British |
| ELLIS, Gillian Mary | Director | 2026-02-27 | Jul 1956 | British |
| GREEN, Vincent James | Director | 2022-12-14 | Dec 1974 | British |
| JENKINSON, Ruth Marion | Director | 2025-03-26 | Jan 1955 | British |
| PAGE, Julia | Director | 2021-10-04 | Jul 1958 | British |
| PRITCHARD, Emma | Director | 2020-09-01 | Dec 1982 | British |
| REES, Katherine | Director | 2025-12-10 | May 1981 | British |
| SHOESMITH, Paul David | Director | 2014-03-05 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLSOP, Ruth | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2024-03-12 |
| ALLSOPP, Ruth Jennifer | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2022-06-22 |
| BURKERT, Ann Margaret | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2024-07-17 |
| BURSTON, Kathryne | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2014-05-07 |
| CLAYTON, Pamela | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2018-07-11 |
| CLAYTON, Philip Alan | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2021-07-31 |
| COLLINS, Philip John | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2018-07-11 |
| CRANTON, Vivienne Dawne | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2020-08-31 |
| DAVIES, Darren | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2016-09-27 |
| DAY, Nigel Stanley | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2014-05-31 |
| DOYLE, Gerard | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2024-05-02 |
| ELLIS, Gill | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2023-09-06 |
| GRIFFITHS, Timothy | Director | 2018-07-11 | 2022-04-24 |
| HARKINS, Joan Mary | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2018-07-11 |
| HUNT, Clare Louise | Director | 2015-03-17 | 2018-07-11 |
| LAIGHT, Robert | Director | 2024-12-11 | 2025-09-17 |
| LAW, James Daniel | Director | 2023-08-29 | 2025-09-17 |
| LLOYD, Donna-Marie | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2014-08-31 |
| MACIASZEK-SKUBINSKA, Agata | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2018-07-11 |
| OSBORNE, Hayward | Director | 2020-06-24 | 2023-09-06 |
| REED, Terrence John | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2018-07-11 |
| REILLY, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2021-10-04 | 2022-05-16 |
| ROBERTS, Brendon | Director | 2016-09-27 | 2016-09-27 |
| SHEEHAN, Paul John | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2025-03-28 |
| WEBB, Alex | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2023-03-01 |
| WEBB, Alex | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2023-03-01 |
| WOOD, Sara Elizabeth | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2016-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Phillip Alan Clayton | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-10 |
| Mr Paul David Shoesmith | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-10 |
| Mrs Julia Cook | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-03 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+22.8%
£23,513 £28,882
-
Cash
+17.5%
£942,971 £1,108,335
-
Net assets
+130.7%
£9,879,174 £22,795,473
-
Employees
+67.9%
184 309
-
Wages
+116.4%
£5,474,354 £11,847,487
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers